: the action of hazing
especially
: an initiation process involving harassment
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Part of the appeal of drones as hazing tools, however, is that the whirring sound of the rotors is already scary enough for most bears.
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Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 25 Sep. 2025
Affleck tackled the role of angry soon-to-be super-senior Fred O'Bannion, who took pleasure in paddling freshmen during Lee High School's annual hazing ritual.
—Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
These challenges, alongside student injuries and deaths from hazing at college campuses across the country, highlight that hazing is a widespread and dangerous problem that demands a unified commitment and sustained response from all colleges and universities.
—Elizabeth Allan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2025
Protecting both cattle and wolves ‘a tough job’ Under California’s plan for managing the wolf population, enough animals are active in the state to allow for a higher level of hazing than was permitted in the early years of their return.
—Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2025
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Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 25 Sep. 2025
Affleck tackled the role of angry soon-to-be super-senior Fred O'Bannion, who took pleasure in paddling freshmen during Lee High School's annual hazing ritual.
—Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
These challenges, alongside student injuries and deaths from hazing at college campuses across the country, highlight that hazing is a widespread and dangerous problem that demands a unified commitment and sustained response from all colleges and universities.
—Elizabeth Allan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2025
Protecting both cattle and wolves ‘a tough job’ Under California’s plan for managing the wolf population, enough animals are active in the state to allow for a higher level of hazing than was permitted in the early years of their return.
—Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2025
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“Hazing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hazing. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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